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825 A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF
A COURT LADY
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618 -907)
The tall elegant figure wears a short tunic over a floor-length gown,
with the tips of her shoes protruding from beneath the hem. The
round face is modeled with delicate features and the hair is worn in an
asymmetrical coiffure pulled into a coiled loop at one side. The base is
pierced with the character wan (king).
15Ω in. (39.4 cm.) high, cloth box
$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1995.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 2209I.

唐ǭ彩繪陶հ女خ
Ϝ源
年入藏於香港
藍理捷
紐約
編號 *

826 A GREEN AND AMBER-GLAZED 唐ǭ綠釉Ӳ足盤
POTTERY TRIPOD OFFERING DISH
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) Ϝ源
$VOMJGGF勳爵
Ⅷ藏
英國
編號15
The dish has a lipped rim and is covered with a rich leaf-green
glaze pooling darker in some areas, with three spur marks evenly 藍理捷
紐約
編號
spaced on the interior. The glaze on the underside stops short of the 展覽
base to show the pale buff-colored pottery and the three short paw 倫敦東方陶≢學會
「8BSFT PG UIF 5 BOH %ZOBTUZ」
年 月
supports are splashed with an amber-yellow glaze. 月 日
11¡ in. (28.9 cm.) diam., cloth box ֨ḛ
《東方陶≢學會會刊 》
Ǵ「8BSFT PG UIF 5 BOH
$15,000-25,000
%ZOBTUZ」展㈇圖錄ǵ
倫敦

頁
編號
PROVENANCE:
Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963) Collection, United Kingdom,
no. PT18.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3341.
EXHIBITED:
London, Oriental Ceramic Society, Wares of the T’ang Dynasty,
27 April-8 June 1949.
LITERATURE:
Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1948-1949, “Catalogue of
the Exhibition of Wares of the T’ang Dynasty,” London, 1951,
p. 76, no. 168.
A similar Tang green-glazed pottery tripod dish is illustrated
by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection,
vol. 3 (1), London, 2006, p. 244, no. 1265.
(detail of base) (another view)
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